Dozens of South Korean workers have decided to return home from Iraq after an agreement with their employer on the amount of financial compensation they will receive for damages from the unexpected termination of their contracts following last week's terrorist attack that killed two of their colleagues.

Officials said the 51 workers hired by Ohm Electric Co. for an electric power transmission construction project in this war-ravaged country will leave for Amman, Jordan, where they will take a fight to Seoul.

While refusing to return home, the workers have demanded compensation for mental distress and other damages from the cancellation of their contracts after the firm was forced to suspend the project in the wake of the Dec. 1st incident.

The roadside ambush killed two and wounded two others, all of whom were hired on temporary contracts by Ohm.

The bodies of the dead are scheduled to arrive in Seoul Monday afternoon and the injured are receiving treatment at a U.S. military hospital in Germany.

After rounds of marathon negotiations with the leaders of the remaining workers, Ohm President Suh Hae-chan agreed to compensate them 6.8 million-11.75 million won (US$5,700-$9,834).